2014中考趣味英语英语游戏脑筋急转弯第3篇其他类

1、  Part Miscellaneous 第3篇 其他类  Part Miscellaneous 第3篇 其他类Questions：1How can you make a rope shorter without cutting or winding it？不能剪也不能卷，怎样使一根绳子变短？2How can you throw a ball and have it return to you without hitting anything or having anyone throw it back to you？把球扔出去，不能碰任何物体，不能让别人扔回来，

2、怎样使球乖乖地回到你手里？3Why are you wearing two watches at the same time？你为何同时戴两块表？Keys：1Take a longer rope and compare with it拿一根长点的绳子比一比就行了。2Just throw it up in the air往上抛。3To see if the other one keeps good time互相监督是否走时准确。Notes：1与更长的绳子相比，原来那根绳子肯定是更短了（shorter）。Questions：1What is visible only in winter time？

3、什么东西冬天才能看见？2What do you have that you cant lend to others？什么东西属于你而且不能借给别人？3Why dont boys need to watch out for wormswhen theyre eating apples？男孩子吃苹果时为什么不用当心苹果里的虫？Keys：1Your breath你的呼吸。2Your shadow你的影子。3The worms have to watch out for themselves因为虫子必须自己当心（不被吃掉）。Notes：1visible/vizibl/adj看得见的3 watch ou

4、t当心，注意，留神Questions：1If two swallows are sitting on a twig and you wish to get the twig without disturbing the swallows，what shall you do？假如两只燕子停在一枝小树枝上，你想弄到那枝小树枝，却不想惊动燕子，怎么办？2If you find three sparrows on the roof and you shoot one，how many are left？假如你看见屋顶上有三只麻雀，射掉一只，还有几只？3If a burglar was informed

5、 all the exits were guarded，what could he do to escape？假如强盗得知所有的出口都有人站岗，那么他怎么才能逃出去？Keys：1Wait till the swallows fly away等燕子飞走了以后去弄。2NoneThe others fly away一只不剩，其余都飞走了。3He could go out of the entrance他可以从入口出去。Notes：1swallow n.燕子twig/twig/ n小枝，细枝2sparrow n麻雀Questions：1Why do people wish for something

6、they havent got？人们为什么总是想得到没有得到的东西呢？2Why do people always find what they are looking for in the last place they look？人们找东西时为什么总是在最后一个寻找的地方才找到？3What does everybody know about the emperors of China？关于中国的皇帝每个人都知道的是什么？Keys：1What else is there to wish for？ You cease to wish for it once you get it除此以外你还想要得

7、到什么？一旦得到，你就用不着想得到了。2No one would keep looking once they find what they are looking for一旦人们找到他们寻找的东西后，没有人还会找下去。3Theyre all dead他们都作古了。Notes：1cease to do something停止做某事，与cease doing something意思相同。Questions：1How to put you left hand where your right hand cant reach it？把你的左手放在哪儿，使你的右手无论如何也够不到？2How can y

8、ou tell the weather with a rope？只有一根绳子，如何知道天气？Keys：1Put your left hand on your right elbow把你的左手放在右肘上。2Take it in the openIf it swings， its windy； if its wet， its raining.拿到室外，如果它摇晃，说明有风；如果它湿了，说明有雨。Notes：1elbow n肘，肘部2in the open在户外，在野外Questions：1If you take half from a half dollar， how much is left？如

9、果从一个半块美元里拿走半块，还剩多少？2How long should your legs be？你的腿应该有多长？3Why is the woolen sweater marked“cotton”？为什么羊毛衫上却标着“棉制品”？4If your uncles sister is not you aunt， what relation is she to you？如果你舅舅的妹妹不是你阿姨，请问她是你什么？Keys：1A dollar is left还剩一个美元。2Long enough to reach the ground够得着地就行了。3TO fool the moths是用来瞒着蛀虫

10、的。4Your mother是你的母亲。Notes：3 moth n蛾，蛀虫woolen adj羊毛的，呢绒的也可写作woollenQuestions：1Tommy Tucker took two strings and tied two turtles to two tall treesHow many Ts are there in that？汤米·塔克拿了两段绳子，把两只乌龟拴在两棵大树上。请问这句话中有多少个“T”？2It usually takes 8 hours to travel from New York to Chicago by trainThen why has

11、nt the train leaving the Big Apple more than ten hours ago arrived yet？通常从纽约到芝加哥坐火车只要8小时，可是这列火车离开纽约已经超过10小时了，为什么现在还没有到芝城呢？Keys：1There are two Ts in“that”有两个“T”。2The train was not for Chicago这列火车不是开往芝加哥的。Notes：2The Big Apple指纽约。Questions：1Whose eyes never close？谁的眼睛从来不闭？2What is a fish net made of？鱼网

12、是什么做的？3What walks all day on its head？什么东西整天用头走路？4Whats the difference between a monkey and a flea？猴子和跳蚤的区别是什么？Keys：1A neddles eye针眼。2Little holes tied together with strings用绳子系起来的小洞洞。3A nail on a horse马蹄铁上的钉子。4A monkey can have fleas but a flea cant have monkeys猴子可能长跳蚤，跳蚤不可能生猴子。Notes：3the head of t

13、he nail钉子头4flea n.跳蚤Questions：1What can you tell from Peters record card with extremely poor grades？彼得糟糕透顶的成绩单说明什么问题？2What would George Washington be most famous for if he were alive today？如果乔治·华盛顿今天还活着，那么他最为著名的是什么？3What does everybody do at the same time？所有的人同时在做同一件什么事情？4What resembles half a

14、pie？什么东西像半块饼？Keys：1He didnt cheat他没有作弊。2Old age高寿。3Grow old变老。4 The other half饼的另一半。Notes：1record card成绩单Questions：1My uncle hasnt slept for many days but he isnt tired at allWhats his secret？我叔叔很多天没有睡觉，却一点也不累，奥妙何在？2What has a bed but never sleeps， a mouth but never speaks？什么东西有床不睡，有口不说？3What has fo

15、ur fingers and a thumb but no flesh and bone？什么东西有五指却没有骨肉？Keys：1He sleeps at night他晚上睡觉。2A river.河流。3A glove.手套。Notes：2the bed of the river河床the mouth of the river河口（河入海的地方）3thumb n拇指此外有 forefinger（食指）， middle finger（中指），ring finger（无名指），和little finger（小拇指）。Questions：1The farmers in this village use

16、d modern methods but harvested no apples this yearWhy？今年这个村落的农民们运用了现代新技术，却没有收获到一只苹果。为什么？2The injured dog had some difficulty going homeEvery step he took，he slipped back two However， he still manage to get homeHow did he do it？受了伤的小狗回家无比艰难，他每向前走一步，就得向后滑两步，但是就是这样他还是回到家了，请问他是怎样做到的？Keys：1They planted p

17、each trees他们种的是桃树。2He walked in the other direction他朝与回家相反的方向走。Notes：1harvest v收获，收割peach n桃子2Slip v滑，溜，跌交manage v成功地做了某事Questions ：1What falls often but never gets hurt？什么东西经常摔下来却毫无损伤？2Why do cowboys ride their horses to town？牛仔们为什么骑马去城里？3Who goes around all day in a car with his bag full of money？

18、谁整天坐着车到处逛，包里满是钞票？4Why does Jim wish he had enough money to buy an elephant？吉姆为何希望有足够的钱买一头大象？Keys：1Snowflakes雪花。2It11 take much longer if they walk their horses there.因为牵着马走去花的时间太长了。3A bus conductor汽车售票员。4He just wishes he had that much money他就想有那么多的钱。Notes：2 cowboy n牛仔，牧童Questions：1How did the pick-

19、pocket spot the plain-clothes cop in the womans disguise？小偷怎么识别出装扮成女人的便衣警察？2Which month has 28 days？哪个月有28天？3What is it that everyone wants to have and get rid of， too？什么东西人人都想拥有却又都想甩掉？Keys：1He passed by a cosmetics store without looking in the window因为他路过一家化妆品商店却看都不看橱窗里的东西。2 Every month has at leas

20、t 28 days每个月都至少有28天。3Ones appetite人的胃口。Notes：1pick-pocket n扒钱包的人，小偷plain-clothes adj便衣的disguise n伪装3get rid of ones appetite满足胃口，吃饱喝足Questions：1Where did the egg floating down the Mississippi River come from？飘在密西西比河上的鸡蛋是从哪儿来的？2Lucky Mouse fell off a 1000-step stair and was not hurt Why？幸运鼠从1000级的台阶上

21、摔下来却安然无恙，为什么？3Why do giraffes have long neck？长颈鹿的脖子为什么那么长？4What travels around the earth without using any fuel？什么东西不用燃料绕着地球转？Keys：1From a hen 是母鸡生下来的。2He fell off the last step他是从最后一个台阶上摔下来的。3Because their heads are far from their bodies因为它们的头离身子远。4The moon.是月亮。Notes：4fuel n燃料Questions：1What number

22、 has nothing left if you take a half from it？什么数字拿走一半就什么都不剩了？2What number is like a peacock？什么数字像孔雀一样？3What room has no walls，no doors， no windows，and no one to live in？什么房间没有墙，没有门窗，也没有人住？Keys：1The number is 8， because only 0 is left whether you take away the top half or the bottom half是数字8，因为不管你拿掉它

23、的上面一半还是下面一半，剩下的都是零。2The number is 9， because its 0 without its tail and likewise， a peacock is nothing without its tail是数字9，因为9没有尾巴就成了零，同样，孔雀没有尾巴也一无是处。3A mushroom是蘑菇。Notes：2peacock n雄孔雀（雌孔雀为peahen）Questions：1How can you make 6 out of three7s？怎样使得3个7等于6？2How can you make 6 out of three 5s？怎样使得3个5等于6？

24、3How can you make 1000 out of eitht8s？怎样使得8个8等于1000？4What time is it when the clock strikes sixteen？时钟敲16下时是什么时候？Keys：3Easy8+8+8+88+888=1000很简单。8+8+8+88+888=10004Time to have the clock fixed是修时钟的时候。Notes：4strike .敲，击fix v.修理Questions：1Who works only one day in a year but never gets fired？谁一年只上一天班却不会

25、被开除？2When do people have two mouths？什么时候人有两张嘴？3What grows sharper the more its used？什么东西越用越锋利？4Why do lions eat raw meat？狮子为何吃生肉？Keys：1Santa Claus圣诞老人。2When therere two of them有两个人时。3The tongue舌头。4They dont know how to cook它们不会烹饪。Notes：1Santa Claus 圣诞老人，也作Father Christmas。Questions：1Whats the birth

26、rate in this area？这个地区的出生率是多少？2What has a mouth but never speaks？什么有嘴不说话？3What has everybody seen before but will never he seen again？什么东西人人见过却永不再见？4What does everyone have and overlook？什么东西人人都有却总是忽视。Keys：1Once per person每人一次。2A jar水壶。3Yesterday昨天。4Ones own nose自己的鼻子。Notes：4overlook v.忽略，看漏Questions

27、：1If you had ten apples and ate eight，how many would you have？如果你有十个苹果，吃了八个，还有几个？2Why did the ex-chauffeur lie under the mule？从前做过私人司机的那个人干嘛躺在骡子下面？3Why is Jim praying Chicago to be made capital of New Jersey？吉姆为何祈祷芝加哥变成新泽西州的首府？Keys：1Ten Two outside and eight inside十个。两个在外面，八个在里面。2To see why the mule

28、 didnt go看看骡子为什么不走？3Thats the answer he gave on his Geography paper.他在地理试卷上这样写的。Notes：2chauffeur n私人雇佣的汽车司机ex-加在某些名词前相当于中文的“前”，e.g. ex-wife（前妻），ex-president（前总统），ex-cop（前任警官），etc.Questions：1Can you name the capital of every state in the U Sin ten seconds？你能用10秒钟说出美国所有州的首府吗？2A motorist ran into a mot

29、orcyclist，yet the motorcyclist was not hurt while the motorist was badly injuredWhy？一个汽车司机撞上了一个骑摩托车的人，骑摩托车的人安然无恙，汽车司机却受了重伤。这是怎么回事？3A police officer had a brother，but the brother had no brother How could that be？警官有个哥哥，哥哥却没有弟弟，为什么？Keys：1Washington，DC是华盛顿。2The motorist was walking汽车司机正在走路。3The police

30、officer was a lady警官是位女士。Notes：2motorcyclist n骑摩托车的人Questions：1Why does the Statue of Liberty stand in New York harbour？自由女神为何矗立在纽约港湾？2Why is Mr Polite teaching his children foullanguage？礼貌先生为何教他孩子脏话？3Why does a cat look first to one side and then to the other side when it enters a room？猫进房间时为何先朝一边看

31、看又朝另一边看看？Keys：1Because it cant sit down因为它不能坐下来。2Hes teaching them what not to say他在教他们什么话不能说。3Because it cant see both sides at once因为它不能同时两边看。Notes：1statue n 雕像，雕塑liberty n.自由harbour n港湾Questions：1Where was the Declaration of Independence signed ？独立宣言是在哪里签的？2Who usually tries to make you smile？谁总是

32、让你笑口常开？Keys：1At the bottom.在文件末尾。2A photographer摄影师。Notes：2photographer n.摄影师Questions：1On the way to the bank， Mr Green met three of his friendsEach of them had his wife with him and each of the ladies had two babies in her armsHow many people are going to the bank？格林先生在去银行的路上碰到三个好朋友，每人都带了太太，每个太太怀里

33、都抱着两个孩子，请问共有多少人前往银行？2My mother and my father had a babyIt wasnt my brother nor my sisterWho was it？我父母生有一个孩子，既非我兄弟亦非我姐妹，这个孩子是谁呢？3Why do birds fly south？鸟为何往南飞？Keys：1Only Mr Green The other people may not be going to the bank.只有格林先生一人，其他的人不一定去银行。2It was me.是我。3Its too far to walk走去太远了。Questions：1What

34、 would you like， 1/2 of an orange or 6/12 of an orange？1/2个桔子和 6/12个桔子，你要哪一份？2Why is doing nothing tiring？为什么无所事事也累？3A young man drove his fathers car all the way from his school in New York to his home in Florida， without knowing his car had a puncture How could it be？一个年轻人开着父亲的车从纽约他上学的地方一直开到弗罗里达的家

35、中，浑然不知他的车车胎破了。这是怎么回事？Keys：1Id like 1/2 of an orange， for 6/12 of an orange would have had much juice lost我想1/2个桔子，因为6/12个肯定失掉了很多果汁。2Because you cant possibly stop and rest因为你停不下来，也就没法歇下来。3It was his fathers car that he was driving他开的是父亲的车。Notes：3puncture n刺孔，穿孔（尤指车胎）Questions：1If you throw a stone i

36、nto the Red Sea，what will it become？假如你把一块石头扔进红海，它会变得怎么样？2If twos company and threes a crowd，whats four and five？假如两个是伴，三个一伙，那么四个和五个呢？3If you took three big apples from a basket or ten apples，how many apples would you have？假如你从盛有10个苹果的篮子里拿走3个大苹果，那么你有多少个苹果？Keys：1Wet·会变湿。2Nine.是九。3You took three

37、apples and you would certainly have three apples你拿了三个苹果，当然就有三个。Notes：2company n伴侣，伙伴Four and five is nine四加五等于九Questions：1A boat turned over and the two men on board fell in the water. But only one man got his hair wet Why？船翻了，船上的两个人掉到水里，可是只有其中一人头发湿了，这是为什么？2Mother wants to give the three apples in h

38、er basket to her three girls so that each girl gets one whole apple and theres still one in her basketHow can she manage to do that？妈妈想把篮子里的三个苹果分给三个女儿，每个女儿一个完整的苹果，同时篮子里也有一个苹果。她如何做到这一点？Keys：1The other man was bald其中另一人秃头。2Give two girls an apple each and give the third girl her apple in the basket其中两

39、个女儿每人一只苹果，另外一个女儿得一只篮子，篮子里放着第三只苹果。Notes：1on board在船上，在交通工具上bald adj秃头的，光头的Questions：1On April lst，1990，160 people walked out of the best cinema in ChicagoWhat happened？1990年4月1日， 160人从芝加哥最好的影院出来。发生了什事？2It usually takes a man two days to travel from San Francisco to New York by car But MrBlack left Sa

40、n Francisco on Friday and arrives on the same FridayHow could he do it？从旧金山到纽约开车一般需要2天时间，可是布莱克先生星期五离开旧金山，当天就到了纽约。他怎样做到的？3Whats too much for one and just right for two？什么东西对一个人来说太多，对两个人来说正好？Keys：1The film was over.电影散场了。2He took a plane他坐的是飞机。3A secret秘密。Notes：3英语中“Just between you and me”意即“keep it

41、a secret”（仅限于你我之间，请保守秘密）。Questions：1What animal has a head like a cat， feet like a cat， a tail like a cat but isnt a cat？什么动物脑袋像猫，脚像猫，尾巴也像猫，就是不是猫？2What has teeth but never eats anything？什么东西长了牙齿却不吃东西？3What do you drop when you need it and takeback when you dont？什么东西你需要它的时候扔掉，不需要时才收回来？4What do you ha

42、ve that others use far more often than you do？什么东西属于你，而别人用的次数却比你多得多？Keys：1A kitten.小猫。2A comb梳子。3An anchor锚。4your name.你的名字。Questions：1What word can be made shorter by adding something to it？什么单词加长后更短？2What is full of holes but still holds water？什么东西千疮百孔却可以盛水？3What is both over and under the water b

43、ut doesnt touch the water？什么头上脚下都是水，却滴水不沾？4What is smaller than a humming-birds mouth？什么比蜂鸟的嘴小？Keys：1The word “short”是“短”这个单词。2A sponge是海绵。3A girl crossing a bridge with a pail of water on her head头上顶着一桶水过桥的女孩。4Anything it eats.任何它吃的东西。Notes：1short加上-er变成shorter，拼写长了，意思却是“更短”。Questions：1How many tim

44、es can you take 6 apples out of a cart with 8，888 apples？从装有8，888只苹果的货车里取走6只苹果，可以取多少次？2What has many a tooth but never a mouth？什么东西有无数牙齿却没有嘴巴？3What has cities but no houses， roads but no cars，and rivers but no water？什么东西有城无房，有路无车，有河无水？4What is higher without a head than with a head？什么东西无头反比有头高？Keys：

45、1Only once After that there arent 8，888 apples in the cart只能取一次，因为接下去车里就没有8，888只苹果了。2A saw锯子。3A map地图。4A pillow枕头。Questions：1How many sides does a circle have？一个圆圈有几面？2Why is eternity like a circle？永恒为何似圆圈？3What animal can jump as high as a tree？什么动物可以和树跳得一样高？4How can you be completely sleepless for

46、 seven days and still lack no rest？怎样能保持七天不睡仍旧精神焕发？Keys：1Two The inside and the outside两面，里面和外面。2Because it has neither beginning nor ending因为它无始无终。3All animals， for trees cant jump所有的动物都能，因为树根本不会跳。4Sleep at night晚上睡觉。Notes：2eternity n.永恒Questions：1Where does afternoon come before morning in the wor

47、ld？世界上哪个地方下午比早上先到？2A doctor had a brother who went out westBut the man who went out west had no brotherHow can this be？医生有个哥哥去了西部，可是去了西部的这个人没有弟弟，这是怎么回事？3How do you know policemen are strong？为什么说警察很健壮？Keys：1In the dictionary在字典里。2The doctor was a lady doctor医生是女的。3Because they can hold up traffic wit

48、h just one hand因为他们一只手就能让车辆停住。Notes：3hold up使停顿，受阻Questions：1With which hand do you write？你用哪只手写字？2What must you do before you return a book to the library？把书还到图书馆里之前必须做什么？3What should you do if you are faced with a hungry tiger？如果面对一头饥饿的老虎，你该怎么做？4What makes more noise than a pig caught under a fence？比一头夹在篱笆下面的猪更吵的是什么？Keys：1Neither I use a pen我不用手而是用笔写字。2Borrow the book from the library从图书馆借这本书。3Move to the next cage参观